More fun with Chase Bank

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday July 07, 2009 · 12:22 PM PDT

2009/07/07 · 12:22

As has been detailed in Pluto's excellent diary and my earlier diary Chase Bank is raising their minimum payments on some of their cards from 2% to 5%.

This change in the cardmember agreement is going to make life difficult for a lot of people, and they refuse to allow an "opt-out" with this change.

Those of us who thought we were getting a great deal on a balance transfer are now getting stuck with monthly payments we may not be able to afford.

I decided to dig a little bit deeper and discovered something interesting...

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday June 26, 2009 · 5:44 PM PDT

2009/06/26 · 17:44

Today I received an update to the terms of my credit card agreement with Chase. It's just one of many updates in recent years, but instead of announcing the usual increase in the default interest rate, this time they are increasing my minimum payment from 2% of the balance to 5% of the balance.

This will seriously effect people who are currently paying a low APR on their credit.

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday July 25, 2006 · 9:40 AM PDT

2006/07/25 · 09:40

About a week ago, I sent a letter to Barbara Boxer questioning her decision to campaign for Joe Lieberman.

I just got a reply. Read More

New Campaign Wikia

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday July 06, 2006 · 10:56 AM PDT

2006/07/06 · 10:56

There's a new game in town.

Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia, has created a new Wiki based website dedicated to politics and political campaigns.

More below.... Read More

DCCC Matching Contributions? A drunken tirade.

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday June 27, 2006 · 4:36 PM PDT

2006/06/27 · 16:36

So I just got a mass e-mail from the DCCC imploring me to donate and that my contributions would be matched by the "Democratic House Leadership". I would guess that many of you are in receipt of the same missive.

The e-mail is in Bill Clinton's name, and heaps some praise on Rahm Emmanuel, Paul Begala, and James Carville.

What the fuck does this mean? Read More

Nuclear Power is going to get a lot cheaper

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday May 30, 2006 · 11:44 AM PDT

2006/05/30 · 11:44

Australian scientists have made a major breakthrough in uranium enrichment.

They expect that nuclear fuel costs will be cut by 30%, and I don't think that is overly optimistic.

More below... Read More

An unusual omission...

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday May 09, 2006 · 7:22 AM PDT

2006/05/09 · 07:22

There's a story on the AP wire about how new evidence has surfaced that the remains of Geronimo might really be housed in the Skull and Bones headquarters in New Haven.

What I found interesting is the second to last paragraph.

"Only 15 Yale seniors are asked to join Skull and Bones each year. Alumni include Sen. John Kerry, President William Howard Taft, numerous members of Congress, media leaders, Wall Street financiers, the scions of wealthy families and agents in the CIA."

Where's the most famous Skull and Bones member?

So much for Mexican drug reform...

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday May 04, 2006 · 11:13 AM PDT

2006/05/04 · 11:13

Vicente Fox has announced that he will not sign drug reform legislation passed by the legislature last week.

http://www.cnn.com/...

A little more below... Read More

Mexico is going to legalize drug possession UPDATED

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday April 28, 2006 · 10:01 PM PDT

2006/04/28 · 22:01

I haven't seen this in the diaries, so I apologize if this is a repeat....

Mexico is about to decriminalize personal drug possession. The bill has passed the legislature, and is waiting for President Fox's signature.

http://www.cnn.com/...

Apparently, Fox is going to sign it, and if he does, Mexico will have one of the most progressive drug policies in this hemisphere.

More below... Read More

WAAAAH! Trent Lott gets burned by State Farm and Katrina!

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday February 08, 2006 · 12:25 PM PST

2006/02/08 · 12:25

I noted this piece in the Anderson 360 blog:

http://www.cnn.com/...

It seems that Senator Lott (R) Mississippi had his house wiped out by Katrina. He also forgot to get flood insurance on said house.

Now he is suing State Farm to get them to pay for his house anyway. Read More

Chase fires first salvo in war against consumers

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday November 18, 2005 · 11:35 AM PST

2005/11/18 · 11:35

(I apologize if someone else has diaried this. I noticed this about a week ago, but I haven't seen a mention, so hear goes...)

Since the new Bankruptcy law went into effect in October, some of us (especially those of us that have significant credit card debt) have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Since it is now much more difficult to erase credit card debt by declaring bankruptcy, it seems like it is only a matter of time before lenders take advantage of that fact by changing the terms of the loans in ways that might make consumers default on their agreements so that the bank can then start charging late fees and higher intrest rates.

Chase is the first bank that I have noticed to have actually implemented this strategy. Read More

Notes on secession

wezelboy

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday October 10, 2005 · 3:02 PM PDT

2005/10/10 · 15:02

Make no mistake- the red states would never secede from the union. While it is fun to joke about how bad off they would be without us and blame them for so many of our woes, it is neither constructive or necessarily correct.

If you are really serious, you need to talk about the blue states seceding from the union instead. Secession would provide a tremendous opportunity to reframe the ideals of the Constitution in a modern context that addresses the problems that have brought this country to its knees. (of which Bush is only a symptom) Things like: Read More

Newer
Older

RSS

More fun with Chase Bank

Chase wants me to default.

Boxer reponds to constituents on Lieberman

New Campaign Wikia

DCCC Matching Contributions? A drunken tirade.

Nuclear Power is going to get a lot cheaper

An unusual omission...

So much for Mexican drug reform...

Mexico is going to legalize drug possession UPDATED

WAAAAH! Trent Lott gets burned by State Farm and Katrina!

Chase fires first salvo in war against consumers

Notes on secession